tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post2948134583845350846..comments2024-01-07T13:24:03.640+00:00Comments on Nothing Tra La La?: Ripper tearer slasher0tralalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818587472660040921noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post-88709809176524674072007-11-21T15:04:00.000+00:002007-11-21T15:04:00.000+00:00I know your spelling is quite good, usually. I wo...I know your spelling is quite good, usually. I would have commented on it otherwise before now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post-53319691453007830452007-11-21T09:25:00.000+00:002007-11-21T09:25:00.000+00:00Leslie: My spelling is quite good when I'm paying ...Leslie: My spelling is quite good when I'm paying any sort of atenttion.<BR/><BR/>Rob: I don't know. Professional integrity? Fidelity to the original source material? :)0tralalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818587472660040921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post-79022136741978714252007-11-21T01:38:00.000+00:002007-11-21T01:38:00.000+00:00Is that the comic Lister was reading in Red Dwarf?...Is that the comic Lister was reading in Red Dwarf? "Kapow, Thud, Die in bed you Trojan pig-dog!" or whatever?<BR/><BR/>The ship-list might have worked fine in Homer's original performance context. It might even have been funny. But what possesses modern translators to include it?Rob Stradlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622504337859973159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post-65582736957161229442007-11-20T22:41:00.000+00:002007-11-20T22:41:00.000+00:00You spelled Tolkien right! I don't know, I'm stil...You spelled Tolkien right! I don't know, I'm still a bit leery about this one ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post-65388011931945672007-11-20T16:39:00.000+00:002007-11-20T16:39:00.000+00:00Rob: I think the ships get excused as a rhetorical...Rob: I think the ships get excused as a rhetorical device. Though fabbo comics version "Age of Bronze" does do all them ship in one panel...<BR/><BR/>O: I think this Beowulf Two you describe is in fact IMAX Transformers.0tralalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818587472660040921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post-21797594383713220202007-11-20T16:27:00.000+00:002007-11-20T16:27:00.000+00:003D. Like, cool, man.There is talk of a second film...3D. Like, cool, man.<BR/><BR/>There is talk of a second film already.<BR/>"Beowulf Two - This Time With Cars n Guns."<BR/><BR/>oAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post-44236329079738724722007-11-20T15:53:00.000+00:002007-11-20T15:53:00.000+00:00"The Dr admitted her bias against this rough and t..."The Dr admitted her bias against this rough and tumble Old English stuff, so thunderously barbaric compared to her helleno-classics"<BR/><BR/>I may have moaned about 'Beowulf' being all talk and no action - but have you ever gotten past the ship lists in 'The Iliad'? I submit that Homer was the first evidential case of autism in human history.Rob Stradlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622504337859973159noreply@blogger.com